THY GATE BEYOND hails from Italy, but they play a heavily influenced American & German style of Thrash Metal music from the 80's. I know there has been a big resurgenceof bands playing this style of music, which is perfectly fine by me. I grew up on Thrash Metal music and became my first love of Metal, so the more the merrier. THY GATES BEYOND sound as if they could have stepped right of the 80's. They infuse elements of Thrash Metal and Power Metal together to create their sound. The guitar shredding and riffing are strong Thrash Metal styles while the vocals tend to lean towards Power Metal with some harsher Thrash Metal screams mixed within. I dig the grooved out Thrash riffinga lot, which reminded me of early METALLICA & ANTHRAX, while the more intricateand involved parts reminded me of MEGADETH & TESTAMENT. The vocals done bySimone Flammini sound a little like Joey Belladonna of ANTHRAX mixed with Paul Baloffof EXODUS. These guys have transported me to a time of great Metal music all whilegiving me something fresh. This was my first time hearing THY GATE BEYOND, but I am now going to search out their past releases. Great Thrash Metal in the vein of the old school greats! Thrash on!!!